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I APRON Filed July 6, 1935 INVENTOR Ciolcb Q Patented Apr. 26, 19.38

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE arson Ada Quinn, Ogden, Utah Application July 6, 1935. Serial No. 30,105

' 2 Claims. (01. 2-48) My present invention relates to improvements in aprons for personal wear, and of the sleeveless type, employing ties or strings at the back for securing the garment about the waist or hips.

5 The apron of my invention is designed to provide a garment that is inexpensive in the cost of production, economical in the material used, which may be put on and removed with facility, and which is efiective in use and presents a neat and 10 attractive appearance. Due to its novel construction and arrangement of parts, this apron may be conveniently washed and ironed flat, thus insuring facility in folding the laundered garment and in storing the garment until ready forrectly to the back of the yoke, be part of the yoke,

extended, or attach to shoulder straps which replace the yoke entirely.

30 As shown in the accompanying drawing, one

form of apron embodying my invention may 'consist of a body portion 2 adapted to cover parts of the front and sides of the wearer, a yoke 3 connected to the body portion 2 at the top thereof 35 and adapted to cross the shoulders and back of the wearer adjacent the neckline, a pair of tie strings 4 connected to the bottom edge of the yoke 3 at laterally separated points and extending downwardly therefrom substantially parallel to one another, and cloth loops or other members 5 secured to the side edges of the body portion 2 adjacent the waist line forming string receiving openings through which the tie strings l are adapted to pass and to be led toward one another 45 for securing together at the back of the wearer. It is the threading of the tie strings through the loops which gives the apron its adjustable feature, The size of the person wearing the apron determines the amount of string tied into the bow in the center of the back. The loops themselves are quickly cut out and are sewed into place in the same operation that binds the edge of the apron, thus affording a saving of time in the manufacture of the garment. The elimination of a back panel and the use of tie strings alone saves material as well as time in the manufacture of the apron. It is to be understood that this drawing illustrates the apron and its parts in a conventional manner only and that the aprons are made up as work aprons and fancy aprons in various shapes, colors, and styles, with or without ornamental features and finish.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An apron consisting of a body portion adapted to cover parts of the front and sides of the wearer, a yoke connected to the body portion at the top thereof and adapted to cross th'e'shoulders and back of the wearer adjacent the neck line, a pair of tie strings connected to said yoke and extending downwardly therefrom substantially parallel to one another, and means associated with the rear side edges of thebody portion of the apron adjacent the waistline forming string receiving openings through which said tie strings are adapted to pass and 'to be led to-' ward one another for securing together at the back of the wearer.

2. An apron consisting of a body. portion adapted to cover parts of the front and sides of the wearer, a yoke connected to the body portion at the top thereof and adapted to cross the shoulders and back of the wearer adjacent the neck line, a pair of tie strings connected to the bottom edge of said yoke at laterally separated points and extending downwardly therefrom substantially parallel to one another, and members extending rearwardly from the rear side edges of the body portion of the, apron" adjacent the waistline and forming string receiving openings through which said tie strings are adapted to pass and to be led toward one another for securing together at the back of thewearer.

ADA QUINN. 

